irritating
B2
adj
verb
Freq #10846
Meanings
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1
adj
causing physical discomfort
bites of black flies are more than irritating
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2
adj
Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
irritating bureaucracy
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3
adj
causing irritation or annoyance
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4
adj
(used of physical stimuli) serving to stimulate or excite
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5
adj
Stimulating or exciting a response.
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6
verb
present participle and gerund of irritate
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
adj
· causing physical discomfort
painful
3
adj
· causing irritation or...
plaguey
4
adj
· (used of physical stimuli)...
irritative
Word family
Derived forms
irritainmentirritatinglynonirritatingunirritating